<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner>KUALA LUMPUR (May 25): RHB Retail Research said Innoprise Plantations Bhd is set for a rebound after it surpassed the RM1.87 resistance level — on the back of stronger volume.</div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner>In a trading stocks note on Wednesday (May 25), the research house said if the stock manages to sustain above that threshold, a resumption of uptrend may lift the stock towards breaching the 21-day average line and hitting the RM1.97 mark, followed by the RM2.16 next resistance.</div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner>“However, the stock may reverse downwards if it falls below the RM1.70 support, forming a 'lower low'&nbsp;bearish pattern — below the average line.</div><div class=inPageAd id=div-gpt-ad-inpage></div>

KUALA LUMPUR (May 25): RHB Retail Research said Innoprise Plantations Bhd is set for a rebound after it surpassed the RM1.87 resistance level — on the back of stronger volume.

In a trading stocks note on Wednesday (May 25), the research house said if the stock manages to sustain above t...

Innoprise set for rebound, says RHB Retail Research

Automated test equipment maker ViTrox Corp Bhd, which has just seen its net profit halve in the first quarter of 2024, is expecting a gradual recovery in the semiconductor sector towards the second half of the year (2H2024) and is continuing to ramp up its research and development (R&D) investments in anticipation of that.

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KUALA LUMPUR (April 29): The government is currently studying amendments to the Sexual Offences Against Children Act 2017 (Act 792) to address the challenges posed by present day technology, including artificial intelligence (AI).

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Japan’s top currency official opted to keep market players in the dark over whether Tokyo had intervened in the currency market on Monday, following a sharp move in the market that sliced 2% off the dollar-yen exchange rate.

Japan opts to keep traders in dark on whether it intervened in yen

HULU SELANGOR (April 29): Pakatan Harapan (PH) candidate Pang Sock Tao on Monday uploaded her academic results in the Ujian Pencapaian Sekolah Rendah (UPSR) and Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) in reply to the challenge raised by PAS information chief Ahmad Fadhli Shaari recently.

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When Deutsche Bank AG announced its takeover of British investment bank Numis in April last year, some in the City of London wondered whether their cultures would mesh. A year on, changes are becoming visible.

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MALAYSIA is “sticking” to plans to trim blanket petrol subsidies this year in favour of targeted aid to better cater for those who need the subsidies while bolstering investor confidence by reining in the government’s fiscal deficit, Economy Minister Rafizi Ramli is reported to have said.

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Tex Cycle Technology (M) Bhd said on Monday it has partnered with Evolusi Bersatu Sdn Bhd to invest RM100 million in Sabah’s first integrated scheduled waste management facility.

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AMSTERDAM (April 29): Philips shares surged 35% early on Monday, as the medical devices maker announced a smaller-than-expected settlement to resolve claims over recalled breathing devices in the United States.

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As the working week drew to a close in Frankfurt, Deutsche Bank AG’s Christian Sewing was on a roll. Upbeat first-quarter earnings had sent the lender’s shares to the highest level since 2017, bolstering a perception that the firm had finally shaken off its scandal-prone past.

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The yen jumped sharply against its peers on Monday after it slid past 160 per dollar earlier in the session, leading to speculation that Tokyo could have intervened in the currency market while the country was out for a holiday.

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QSR Brands (M) Holdings Bhd is suspending over 100 KFC outlets temporarily nationwide after about half a year of boycott movement, Nanyang Siang Pau reported, citing information from Google Maps.

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Berjaya Corp Bhd (BCorp), which last week denied that its founder Tan Sri Vincent Tan Chee Yioun had participated in talks to revive a US$100 billion (RM477.60 billion) Forest City casino resort as reported recently, has lodged reports for the police to commence investigation into the above matter, specifically to, amongst others, ascertain and find out the purported “unnamed source” who disseminated complete untrue and false statements.

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Shares of YNH Property Bhd surged to their highest in three weeks after the real estate developer said it has remedied the technical default of its sukuk programme.

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Shares of YTL Power International Bhd and YTL Corp Bhd rose to fresh highs on Monday as investors piled on stocks with exposure in artificial intelligence (AI).

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KUALA LUMPUR (April 29): Mercury Securities Sdn Bhd has recommended investors “subscribe” ACE Market-bound Farm Price Holdings Bhd at an initial public offering (IPO) price of 24 sen and a fair value (FV) of 29 sen based on 13x FY2024F earnings per share, translating to 21% upside to IPO price.</...

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Engineering solutions provider Kawan Renergy Bhd on Monday began taking orders from investors for its ACE Market initial public offering (IPO) that would raise up to RM33 million.

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Real estate developer UOA Development Bhd said it plans to launch two new projects worth an estimated RM2.7 billion in gross development value (GDV) this year.

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Top Glove Corporation Bhd bagged the Platinum Trusted Brand Award in the Hygiene/Disposable Gloves category at the Reader’s Digest Malaysian Trusted Brand 2024 awards.

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Three people, including a two-year-old boy, died after a Huawei-backed Aito M7 SUV burst into flames following a collision with a truck on a highway in the Chinese city of Yuncheng in the northern province of Shanxi, state media said.

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TotalEnergies, a global energy supplier based in France, has stated its commitment to increasing its investment in Malaysia’s upstream oil and gas (O&amp;G) sector, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

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Shares of Turiya Bhd rallied on Monday to their highest in over three years after Tan Sri Mohan MK Swami and his partner agreed to acquire a 58% stake in the property management firm for RM52.86 million.

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An appliance maker in southern China is finding it hard to ship its products to Russia, not because of any problems with the gadgets but because China's big banks are throttling payments for such transactions out of concern over US sanctions.

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General insurer LPI Capital Bhd said on Monday its net profit surged 37% year-on-year in the first quarter, thanks largely to sharply lower net expenses from reinsurance contracts held and higher investment income.

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After eight consecutive weeks of net selling, foreign investors shifted to become net buyers on Bursa Malaysia last week, with a total investment of RM292.2 million.

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The yen jumped suddenly against the dollar on Monday, with traders citing yen-buying intervention by Japanese authorities to try to underpin a relentless tumble in the currency to levels last seen over three decades ago.

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Malakoff Corp Bhd has inked a partnership with China Northeast Electric Power Engineering &amp; Services Co Ltd (NEPCS) for technical manpower supply for the operation and maintenance (O&amp;M) of combined cycle power plant (CCPP) projects under NEPCS in Bangladesh.

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SUPERMAX Holdings Sdn Bhd (SHSB), which holds 40.3% in Supermax Corp Bhd, is the subject of a winding-up petition.

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The Jana Wibawa programme, which was established to assist Bumiputera contractors impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic, only took off following Cabinet approval in 2020, the court heard on Monday.